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09 Dec 2010

Shareholder Activism: Changing Corporate Behavior

Thursday, December 9, 2010 -

7:30am to 11:00am

... York Members Briefing , sponsored by The Nathan Cummings Foundation , Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation , The Overbrook Foundation , Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors , and the ...

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Wanted: Hartford Change AGEnts with Red Pens

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03/13/2014

The John A. Hartford Foundation is seeking feedback on their Change AGEnts ... Initiative. When I was first hired at the John A. Hartford Foundation , I gave one of the then-Senior Program Officers a ... proposals...

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Surdna Launches $18M Program Related Investment Fund

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04/15/2014

Surdna Foundation launched $18 million Program Related Investment ... contractors owned by women and people of color. The Surdna Foundation ’s Board of Trustees has approved the creation of ... using its capital to...

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Investing: Can You Apply Your Values to Create Value?

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05/06/2014

F.B. Heron Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation discussed in Forbes article on impact investing. ... in the philanthropy sector as chief executive of the Case Foundation since creating the...

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Using Outsourcing To Help Alleviate Poverty In Africa and South Asia

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06/19/2014

... nonprofits and foundations–-including The Rockefeller Foundation --want to see if the rapidly growing global supply ... a social responsibility consultancy. The Rockefeller Foundation has committed $100 million...

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NYPL Wins $500,000 in News Challenge for Internet Access Project

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06/23/2014

... Challenge, co-sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation , Ford Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation . The library received $500,000 for its “Check ...

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16 Moments of Pride for LGBTQ Philanthropy

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06/30/2014

... include: 1970 - RESIST , a Massachusetts-based foundation founded in 1967 to support opposition to the ... $350,000 to LGBTQ issues. 1977 - The Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice is born in New York City,...

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NYC Working With Training Partners To Build Pipeline Of School Principals

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07/24/2014

... Pipeline Of School Principals Support from the Wallace Foundation is helping NYC partner with several organizations ... for the city's schools. Among the stipulations of the foundation 's grant: a...

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Ford Is Among Funders Exploring How To Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting

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08/28/2014

... Respond To Issues Raised By Ferguson Shooting The Ford Foundation is among national and local funders exploring how ... is a member of the Executives’ Alliance, a group of foundation leaders who work on...

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Atlantic Philanthropies is Down to its Last Billion Dollars

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11/03/2014

... to its Last Billion Dollars The once ultrasecretive foundation funded by Chuck Feeney, who made his fortune as a ... in the next two years. But unlike the early days of the foundation , when it went to great...

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund and Others Make $1.1M Grants to CEP and GEO

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10/16/2015

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund along with the Ford, Hewlett, Kresge, Packard, and Robert Wood Johnson foundations awarded surprise $1.1-million unsolicited grants to two organizations that help grantmakers -- the Center for Effective Philanthropy and...

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Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court

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03/23/2016

Rauschenberg Fee Dispute Goes to Florida Supreme Court A foundation is asking the state Supreme Court to take up a ... after he died in 2008. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation filed a notice Friday with the...

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JPMorgan, Ford and MetLife Support Aspen Institute Initiative on Family Financial Security

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05/16/2016

... is supported by JP Morgan Chase & Co., as well as Ford Foundation , MetLife Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation , and by the Aspen Institute Financial Security ...

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Research to Prevent Blindness Announces Low Vision Research Awardees

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06/13/2016

... (RPB), in partnership with the Lions Clubs International Foundation (LCIF) and Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation (RDPFS), has announced the first grantees in its ... The recipient of the first RPB/...

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Ford Joins Growing List of Grant Makers Focused on People With Disabilities

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09/12/2016

... in revamping its programs to focus on inequality, the Ford Foundation pledge Monday to undertake a top-to-bottom review ... physical accessibility of its New York headquarters. The foundation does not plan to...

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Supported by Rockefeller, MIT Competition Finalist Provides A Solution For India’s Farmers

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09/26/2016

... competition is funded with support from The Rockefeller Foundation , the Joyce Foundation , the NASDAQ foundation , and Eric and Wendy Schmidt... Supported by ...

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Con Edison, Bank of America, Mertz Gilmore, Howard Gilman Support New Programming at Queens Theatre

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03/10/2017

... Additional support is provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation , the Mertz Gilmore Foundation and the Jerome Robbins Foundation . The Family Series is sponsored by Queens Center ...

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Why NoVo is Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California

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05/11/2017

... Funding Young Women’s Freedom in California As the NoVo Foundation gets into its grantmaking from the $90 million in ... 1993, will be the recipient of new funding from the NoVo Foundation to support its work...

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Five Questions for Laurie Tisch, Founder/President, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

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07/24/2017

... describes philanthropy as something that's in her DNA. Foundation Center's Jen Bokoff, a former employee of the foundation , spoke with Tisch about her recent donation to a ... family is known for...

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Gates Commits $20 Million to Women's Groups

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09/21/2017

... $20 Million to Women's Groups The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will give $20 million during the next three years ... in New York. While details are still forthcoming, the foundation said the money...

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